Tonight: Trump’s Triumphant Return To WHCA Dinner

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Five

Episode: Tonight: Trump’s Triumphant Return To WHCA Dinner
Date: July 24, 2026
Host & Panel: Jesse Watters (A), Charlie Hurt (C), Jessica Tarlov (F), Jillian Turner (E), Greg Gutfeld (D), and others

Overview

This episode of "The Five" delves into a range of hot-button political and cultural topics, headlined by President Trump’s much-anticipated return to the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) Dinner months after a shocking assassination attempt. The panel analyzes the heightened security and threat level, the persistent use of extreme rhetoric in U.S. politics, debates over socialism versus capitalism, controversies in sports media, and even lighter fare like the decline of the manual transmission and the best (and worst) concert stories.

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Main Topics & Key Discussions

1. Trump’s Return to WHCA Dinner & Security Threats

[00:04–04:33]

• The episode opens with discussion on Trump's resilience following the WHCA assassination attempt and his polarizing but anticipated return. Secret Service reports a 40% increase in threats, but the event proceeds with Trump promising a speech that is "unifying, yet vicious and serious, yet hilarious" (Caroline Levitt, via Jesse Watters [00:38]).
• The panel mocks persistent "Trump is Hitler" comparisons from some on the left, playing clips of such rhetoric.
• Charlie Hurt reflects on Washington culture:

  “You spend the first five years in D.C. trying to go to [these] dinners, then the rest of your life trying to never go to another one.” [02:27]

• Concerns are raised about potential confrontations between Trump and the press, and reports of journalists urging the WHCA to confront Trump about alleged attacks on press freedom ([05:17]).

2. Media Rhetoric, Political Violence, and Left/Right Incivility

[06:07–11:24]

• Greg Gutfeld pushes back on criticism of Trump rhetoric, arguing that left-wing protests are more likely to turn violent:

  "None of his jokes ever got anybody killed... it's the left that's more likely to be violent. The data is there. Your eyes see it." [06:07]

• Banter ensues about extremist incidents, with Greg minimizing right-wing violence and suggesting leftist activism is more dangerous, while panelists debate connections between political rhetoric and real-world acts.
• The segment features tongue-in-cheek arguments about “better blacks” and rabbit-hole joking about political demographics [10:33–11:04].

3. Concern Over Socialism, AOC & Democratic Party Divides

[11:53–16:57]

• AOC is highlighted downplaying communism concerns, suggesting the right is fear-mongering to distract from issues like healthcare ([12:09]).

  "They want to call everything they don't like communist because if people actually wake up..."

• Pete Buttigieg is quoted comparing MAGA with the DSA/socialist left, as symptoms of dissatisfaction with the status quo ([12:57]).
• Jesse Watters responds humorously:

  “Communism is scary. I’m more scared of communism than snakes. Snakes aren't going to take my money and my property. Communism will.” [13:45]

Debate on Ideological Shifts

• Charlie Hurt argues the Democratic Party is successfully being dragged left by the DSA/socialist movement ([16:57]).
• Greg Gutfeld contends that socialist activism comes from affluent, white, educated elites, not working-class Americans:

  “Most radical revolutions are carried out by a small, determined minority... passivity lets them succeed.” [18:29]

Pushback on “Socialist” Labeling

• Jessica Tarlov (F) counters:

  “You’ve been calling every Democratic candidate for over a decade a socialist or Communist.” [20:59]

Industrial Policy & Hypocrisy Debate

• Tarlov challenges the panel on Trump’s policies resembling industrial socialism (government taking equity in private companies), which, she says, Republicans would decry if Democrats did it:

  “If a Democratic president had done that, you would have lost your mind. You said socialism is coming to the shore.”

• The debate turns on whether bailouts or industrial policy equal socialism ([21:46–22:26]).

4. USA Today’s Emmett Till/Caitlin Clark Controversy

[24:03–30:43]

• Nancy Armour’s USA Today column is discussed: she compared the treatment of WNBA star Caitlin Clark to the lynching of Emmett Till.

  "Awful sport. Awful sports take in recent memory." – Charlie Hurt [24:03]

• Greg Gutfeld lambasts Armour:

  “She’s a stupid white broad who insulted every black person who knows the story.” [25:44]

• The panel calls out the escalation and exploitation of racial issues by activists and media, suggesting such hyperbole cheapens real discussion of racial tensions ([27:33–29:30]).

5. Lighter Fare – Manual Transmissions, Advice, & One More Thing

[31:07–38:36]

• Nostalgia for driving manual cars, with jokes about “softening culture” and generational divides ([31:08–33:43]).
• Light-hearted “Fan Mail Friday” segment with panelists sharing the best relationship advice they’ve received and concert horror stories. E.g.,

  "Emma told me that I needed to love myself." – Jesse Watters [34:38]

• Notable:

  “Deep Purple—walked out. We were the youngest people by like three decades.” – Jesse Watters [35:41]

6. Final Lightning Round – Odd News & “One More Thing”

[37:17–End]

• Adrien Brody’s Broadway play gets a humorous roast.
• LeBron James signs with Philly—panel jokes over the “$8 million” figure.
• Quirky stories: tallest nutcracker in Minnesota, a man in a Spider-Man suit helping someone cross the street ([39:56–40:15]).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Press Dinner Drama:
  "This speech is really vicious and really good." – Charlie Hurt [02:05]
• On Trump and Press Relations:
  “He never flinches. I have faith in him.” – Charlie Hurt [02:20]
• On the Perennial "Trump is Hitler" Talk:
  “With all the left wing wackos out there, you’d think the Dems would finally cool it with the Trump is Hitler comparisons, but no.” – Jesse Watters [00:36]
• On AOC's Influence:
  “She has for a long time captured all the energy of the party. [DSA] are succeeding at dragging the Democrat party away from the center.” – Charlie Hurt [16:57]
• On Socialists:
  “They’re white elitists, the brats of upper middle class intellects who cosplay as proletariats.” – Greg Gutfeld [18:29]
• On Racial Hyperbole in Sports Media:
  “She’s a stupid white broad who insulted every black person who knows the story.” – Greg Gutfeld [25:44]
• Fan Mail Friday Wisdom:
  “Emma told me that I needed to love myself.” – Jesse Watters [34:38] “You might think you can bully the girls, but you can’t bully me.” – Jessica Tarlov’s husband [34:22]

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Key Segment Timestamps

| Segment | Timestamps | | --------------------------------------------- | ------------ | | Opening: Trump at WHCA, Security Concerns | 00:04–04:33 | | Political Violence & Rhetoric | 06:07–11:24 | | The Rise of Socialism/Democratic Tensions | 11:53–18:29 | | Socialists, DSA, & Party Realignment Debate | 16:57–22:26 | | Emmett Till/Caitlin Clark USA Today Debate | 24:03–30:43 | | Manual Transmissions Nostalgia | 31:07–33:43 | | Fan Mail Friday: Advice, Concert Stories | 34:00–37:05 | | "One More Thing" Lightning Round | 37:17–End |

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Conclusion

This episode captures "The Five" in its signature style: lively, sometimes combative, but also self-aware and peppered with humor. The panel navigates weighty issues—political violence, press freedom, socialism’s rise, racial controversies in sports—before closing with gags and anecdotes that lighten the tone. Throughout, panelists don’t shy from sharp disagreements but keep the mood engaging for listeners seeking both information and entertainment.

Transcript

[A]

Hello, everybody, I'm Jesse Waters along with Charlie Hurt, Jess at Guitar Live, Jillian Turner and Greg Gutfeld. It's five o' clock in New York City and this is the five. Guess who's back, Back again. President Trump gearing up for his triumphant return to the White House Correspondent center tonight, months after a deranged gunman stormed the event, trying to assassinate him and his ent entire cabinet. And unfortunately, the threat environment is more dangerous than ever. The Secret Service says they've opened up more than 10,000 investigations into threats against protectees this year alone, a 40% increase over last year. But President Trump says the show must go on. Caroline Levitt telling Fox, quote, the president's speech will be a combination of unifying, yet vicious and serious, yet hilarious all at the same time, if you can imagine that. One thing I can assure you it will be entertaining. And with all the left wing wackos out there, you'd think the Dems would finally cool it with the Trump is Hitler comparisons, but no.

[B]

What is there to protect our democracy? To make sure that it sustains through the next wannabe king or next wannabe little Hitler?

[C]

The President of the United States of America is engaged in ethnic cleansing.

[D]

Trump has tried to corrupt everything he touches. And our elections are next.

[A]

Donald Trump's gonna do everything to try to steal this election. We have a dictator running this country. All right, was anybody here for the first White House correspondence? Did anybody go?

[C]

Yes, you.

[A]

Oh, Charlie. All right, you're not going tonight.

[C]

No. And I'm kind of regretting it because of Hilarious, ambitious.

[E]

Yes.

[C]

I want to see it all.

[A]

We're glad you're here.

[C]

I like salty and sweet.

[A]

We're hear. This speech is really vicious and really good.

[C]

So the biggest thing that I was really worried about after the first time was it was like, my gosh, when we didn't get the speech, will we

[A]

ever get the speech?

[C]

Because whatever he was loaded for when he went into the first one was gonna be brilliant. It was gonna be the best. And so I was really, really worried about it. But it sounds like maybe because there was. It was like a Kumbaya session for like two weeks after that with the press. And he was being nice about everybody. He was saying nice things about members of the press. I thought it was going to. He was, he might flinch. I misjudged the guy. He never flinches. I have faith in him. And this is why in D.C. you spend the first five years in Washington D.C. trying to go to White House correspondent senators, then you spend the rest of your life trying to never go to another one. But I really wanted to go to that one because finally Trump was coming back to confront them. And it looks like. I don't know. I think he's going to. I think he's going to. I think he's going to flame him.

[A]

Jessica, are you expecting a flame job? Do you think he's going to dial it back?

[F]

No, I believe he's emboldened in the last six weeks. Or how. How long has it been?

[C]

It's been two months.

[F]

Two months. So I don't know. I have heard he was a big fan of the material that he had for round one, so I'm sure some will be recycled. And then I'm sure there will be hits based on the last few weeks of grave injustices that the press has served him. There is an interesting tension going on, putting aside the threat situation and the Hitler talk. But President Trump has had a contentious relationship with the press since he ran for president the first time, enemy of the people, etc. And he has been the, quote, unquote, most transparent if you consider that to be the most available, not necessarily in the quality of the availability or the level of honesty and the availability. But he's in front of you. But just this week, the DOJ had to withdraw subpoenas for New York Times journalist phones, the ones who accurately reported that Qatari Force One was not up to snuff from a national security standpoint. And he has a long record of going after the press and after the First Amendment. So I'm curious as to see whether the press members that are being honored or the head of the White House Correspondents association will make mention of that unhealthy relationship.

[A]

Is he going to just honor Fox reporters? I think Ducey should get an award. Is Doocy getting an award tonight?

[E]

I don't know. But Ducey asked the best question of his career today in the Oval Office, the lettuce question. The President seemed, like, completely stumped. Like, Ducey said to him, Mr. President, when are Americans going to be able to eat lettuce again? And the president just looked at him like, who wants to eat lettuce? Like, why are you asking me such a stupid question?

[C]

Like, he wasn't aware of the dirty lettuce.

[E]

No, he was aware of it, but he was, like, unaware that people wanted to get back to eating it, is

[A]

what it looked like, you know?

[E]

Yeah, I like lettuce.

[A]

Women like it, Charlie. The Hitler stuff, I mean, what, six weeks ago and now they're Back at it, Gillian.

[E]

I don't know if it's going to happen or not tonight, but there was this letter circulated over the last week or so that apparently dozens, maybe even hundreds of reporters have, or just journalists in general have signed on to, calling for the White House Correspondent's Dinner, the association to condemn the President's attacks on the First Amendment, at the dinner while he's there. I think if they're doing it, they should open the dinner with that, though, because then it's going to be much more entertaining than any of us are banking on. I mean, just think about the President's comments. Imagine if somebody tries to rebuke him there on the show.

[A]

You know what? We just don't want them to shoot him. We expect a rebuke.

[E]

The bar is low, right, Greg?

[D]

Well, that's the kind of stupidity in this whole conversation. We're talking about Trump's vicious material, which are jokes. None of his jokes ever got anybody killed. You know, no one's shooting Rosie o' Donnell because he says she's fat. However, not putting aside the Hitler baby and the ethnic cleansing and fascism and dictator that did get people shot at, I'm curious. You know, you have. Both sides can have intense irrational feelings about politics, but it's one side that is more likely to be violent. The data is there. We know this. And by the way your eyes see it, how violent and uncivil the left are. You see the protests, the screaming, the unstable behavior, the intolerant reactions to anybody that dare engage them. You know, the only reason why they cling to January 6th is because that's the only protest we've ever had. We've ever had. Good luck finding another, because unite the right. When was that?

[F]

In Charlottesville.

[D]

Thank you, splc. Good job on that one. Here's the reason.

[F]

Yes, there are no neo Nazis.

[D]

So here's the reason. Okay, the side that is the most violent and irrational is the side that claims to be the most compassionate and caring. How can that be? Because that identity allows them. It gives them the free pass to be violent and uncivil. They feel so deeply about the world and about humanity and what Doge is doing to Nepal, that only a moral person would react with rage and violence. But then you. Let's look at the right. You know, they look like they could be violent. They wear a lot of camo, they wear a lot of fleece, they like mma, they love country music, they have gun racks, they drink beer. But if you get in their face, they usually just laugh at you. Yeah, we think the view sucks and Tim Waltz is a sick clown. But that's. We're not gonna go after them. We're not gonna beat them up. So you gotta. I guess my point is you really gotta push the right into violence. You know in the plot. Think about the plot about Gretchen Whitmer that they always bring up efforted by Multiple undercover agents, three informers, 12 operatives who prominently played an active role. And the logistics and the training sessions for this kidnapping you look at. I'm glad you brought up the whatever that march to whatever in Charlottesville. Totally efforted by splc. They got engaged. They helped get the transportation there. So we can sit here. We can talk about. Everybody else gets threats. Nothing is substantial and credible as the stuff Trump has gone through.

[C]

None.

[D]

So we can. We can still sit here and talk about his attacks and freedom of speech. Oh it is mean jokes doesn't kill anybody.

[F]

Alyssa Hortman. They just.

[D]

No one knows I waited for that.

[A]

No one knows who that is. And we actually just heard the Secret Service say this is the biggest threat environment in the history of the agency.

[D]

Well threats at least you say Obama

[F]

had more threats but there's really wear

[E]

more fleece than I think. So is that true?

[D]

According to my studies at Fleece International University.

[F]

Should we ask the brain room condemning the finance bros and people do know who Melissa Horman is. You just choose not to figure it out.

[D]

Why? Why? I know just how is that tied to Charlie Kerr? How is that tied to Trump rhetoric? How is that tied to Trump rhetoric? Can you make the link? You can't. But we can sit here all day

[F]

and talk about what happened at the Walmart in El Paso. You can talk about what happened happened in Dayton, Ohio. Like it don't.

[A]

But the other thing is I do and then.

[D]

But you don't have to. You can't trace it back to source. You can't say Trump said go out diaries. Trump didn't say go out and get in their face. Although I remember Democrats said in court

[F]

I was inspired by Donald Trump.

[A]

Which pipe bomber? The black guy.

[F]

Is that how you pronounce it?

[A]

What about the DNC pipe bomber we found out who's like random black guy.

[F]

Oh my God. Ha.

[A]

Random being some right wing J6 right.

[F]

And you have no black people so I get it on your side. Is that what you're saying? We have a few. Okay.

[A]

We're working on it.

[F]

Work harder.

[D]

Ours are better than you Work harder.

[A]

We actually won more black.

[F]

That's absolutely not true. You got like 1% more. And you think it's something.

[A]

I'll take it. You keep losing whites. Rather have the whites.

[D]

Jesse. Jesse.

[F]

I'm out.

[D]

Jesse, do not get into an argument with somebody who keeps score of skin color.

[A]

Yeah, Jessica, he did.

[F]

He said we have better blacks than you.

[A]

No, I didn't say that. I said we. Amy, are you mixing up the white guys again? J look like coming up, AOC says don't fear the commie takeover.

[B]

Game.

[G]

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[E]

All right, welcome back. The leader of the squad says America has nothing to fear. New York Congresswoman Aoc is waving off Republican warnings now about socialism, about communism. She says the right is just trying to scare off voters about the growing progressive wing of her party.

[B]

Isn't there concern that, you know, this slippery slope towards socialism inevitably ends up as full blown communists? I mean, the math, bro. I could thirds about America turning into a communist country. I think it's very silly. Do Republicans really think that this stuff is going to happen? No, they don't. They're trying to scare people because they don't want us talking about the fact that we all have a right to health care in this country. So they want to call it communist and they want to call everything they don't like communists because if people actually wake up to the, to the fact that their elected officials are screwing them over when they get here.

[E]

So meanwhile, Pete Buttigieg joined us on America Reports earlier today. He compared the rise of socialism to the rise of Donald Trump and maga.

[H]

There's always going to be some people in my party who go too far for me, people I disagree with. I think one of the reasons why you see people who run on a promise of shaking it up, whether it's a DSA candidate on the left or whether it's someone like Donald Trump, is because people can tell that the system we have is not just showing its age, it's letting us down. That system can change. There's a way to do that that is not destructive.

[E]

Jesse it seems like the folks who are most alarmed about the sudden surge in DSA candidates is perhaps the establishment of the Democratic Party itself. Everybody seems very eager to pretend they have no idea what anybody's talking about. They never heard of them. They never saw them.

[A]

Well, I mean, communism is scary. I mean, I'm more scared of communism than snakes. Snakes aren't going to take my money and my property. Communism will. Communism will take my job. Mandani says he wants to seize the means of production. He said it. It's on tape. We'll show you at 8 o'. Clock. Now, that means if Kamal is elected, they seize Fox. That means I lose not one, but two shows and Jessica gets them. Is that a good thing? No. Is it scary? Absolutely. Am I that scared? No, because we're going to beat them. They say they want to destroy Western civilization. I love Western civilization. I'm having a great time here. We all are. Do you want to give it all back to the Indians? No, absolutely not. They also said they want to abolish prisons and police and borders. Now, I take that as a threat. That sounds scary. That sounds like they want to hurt me.

[D]

Okay?

[A]

I don't like that. They also said they want to take my doctor.

[D]

All right?

[A]

Siegel gives me whatever I want. I get pills, I get procedures. Some of them are cosmetic. And then they want to make sure everybody has a government doctor. Okay, think about that. So everybody gets free teeth, free vasectomies, free sex change surgeries. There are 330 million Americans here. If everyone's getting free procedures, we're bankrupt. Do the math.

[E]

Don't take this the wrong way, but I don't think the commies want your job.

[A]

Yes, they do. Or they would love to see me go digging ditches in the Bronx. They would love that. And you, too. You too, Jessica. They don't like capitalism. That means you don't get paid.

[F]

I have to do your show for free?

[A]

Yes, do.

[F]

Well, I already do this show with you.

[A]

Yeah, but, Jessica, it's gonna be a mess. And you know it's a mess. And now they're trying to redefine what it is. They're like, oh, well, you know, public libraries, you know, that's. That's like socialism or the fire department. We've had those things for centuries. That's not what you think it is, you idiot. I just think they're lazy. And I could go on and on about these people. They don't want to work, so they want to just wreck the whole thing, and I won't let them. And you should join us, Jessica, and say, stop. Freeze. Put your hands behind your back, and we're going to throw you in prison. You want to empty the prisons? We're Going to stuff you in one. I think there are laws on the books about communism in this country. It's illegal.

[C]

Are you still talking?

[A]

Apparently I am. No one has interrupted her. This is like if I had a podcast.

[D]

Our producers go out for drinks.

[E]

No, they're. They're in my ear.

[B]

Okay, sorry.

[E]

All right, listen, Charlie, I. It baffles me, and I want to hear your take on this too, that people are so surprised by this so called surge of socialism and socialist thought on the left. Aoc, I mean, she's hardly an upstart candidate anymore. She's been in office for what, like eight years or something? This is not a new line of reasoning.

[C]

Yeah. And she has for a long time captured all of the energy of the party. And I think a big reason we're talking about all this today is because of her ability to sell this corrupt message in a nice package. But I also think that, you know, to listen to Pete Buttigieg talk about how like, comparing the DSA move, the communist movement to the Trump movement could not be a dumber analysis that you could make the whole point of Trump just like the Tea Party before Trump was to. Because people were frustrated and they wanted politicians to move back towards the Constitution. And it succeeded. It worked. And President Trump does a better job of representing actual voters than any other politician before him. This DSA crowd, these people are full blown communists. They're trying to drag the Democrat. They're succeeding at dragging the Democrat Party away from the center of the Constitution off some leftward lurch that's going to ruin the country. If they actually get control. I don't think they're going to get control because I think in most of America you have sane people who are just not going to support the nonsense.

[E]

The hook, Greg, with these candidates is always the same. Before they, you know, sort of veer off into anti Israel, anti Senate, anti Supreme Court stuff, the hook is always income inequality, this wealth gap that's widening. People are unhappy and that's it.

[D]

Yeah, and as if they have the solution for it, but they don't tell you what that solution is. AOC is pushing a hoax. Socialism is not a working class phenomenon. It doesn't come from plumbers, electricians or welders. It comes from people who majored in degrees that do no good for them. They're white elitists, the brats of upper middle class intellects who cosplay as proletariats. Look at Mayor Zoran, a rapper, Nepo baby of a left wing professor and a movie director. He moved here at 7. He becomes a citizen 20 years later. Does he have an authentic blue collar American experience? Does he even know what that is? So should we be scared? I think that if you could see what's coming, you should be scared. Because most radical revolutions are carried out by a small, determined minority. It's not the active participation of the majority of the population. The broader population is usually taken by surprise in these matters because by nature, we're kind of passive politically. And that allows a tight knit group of elites to seize power, first through a party, then through the cities, then communications, that is the media, academia. The Bolsheviks were a minority party. The Cuban Revolution was started by 82 men. China under Mao, that was done through, I guess, controlling party cadres. These all start small, but the ingredient that helps them succeed is passivity. AOC's laugh is deliberate. It's telling you not to notice that you're silly for noticing that you're silly for being worried. Relax. There's nothing to see here. Because socialism's ascendance is based on us being passive. The same way they gaslit us with Joe Biden. You notice he was off. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Sharp as attack. Keep them passive. Don't let them notice the truth. God forbid you notice the truth. So that's what they're doing right now. It's not that big of a deal. Hey, it's almost just like maggot.

[E]

Jess, you have the last word.

[F]

Great. So AOC is laughing because she's bored of getting the same me. Think about what you say, Greg, when you say you've been calling me a Nazi a long time. Doesn't mean anything to me. You called him Hitler starting in 2016. Your words don't matter anymore. That's what she's saying back to you. You've been calling every Democratic candidate for over a decade a socialist or Communist.

[D]

The socialists are calling themselves socialists.

[A]

We didn't.

[D]

We didn't name them the dsa.

[A]

Well, they did.

[F]

Fun part, first of all, and to your point, Charlie, which I think is a sound one, let's see how many elections DSA candidates win, and let's see where they win them. So if they take over the big blue cities, I get that. If they start winning swing districts, if All Said is going to be the candidate on the ballot line against Mike Rogers in Michigan, then we're going to have a different conversation. You say that's the point of socialism. You keep them passive. And I can make the argument, and I will make the argument that you Guys have been kept passive because you didn't say anything when Donald Trump took a stake in US Steel or in Intel. If a Democratic president had done that, you would have lost your mind. You said socialism is coming to the shore.

[D]

Explain the stake and how it works, please. Like how is that. How is that the same as socialism?

[F]

A private company that the government. So in socialism, I'm really in full blown communism, I guess is supposed to take own the means of production to control every facet of life in said country. So when Donald Trump says, hey, I'd like 10%, it's a nice business you got over there. I'd like 10% of it.

[D]

It's never been done before.

[A]

Controlling the company, putting money into it. It's industrial policy.

[F]

They have to pay a tithe to the US government. Everyone knows that. That's why they show up in the Oval Office.

[A]

Bailouts, it happens a lot in US history.

[F]

No, it is absolutely different than the bailouts. And you. Absolutely.

[D]

What about Tesla?

[A]

This happens a lot.

[D]

The government gives money loans, money gets paid.

[F]

The government contract. It is ownership. It is part ownership of an American company that is supposed to be distinct from the government. If you are not being massive hypocrites, but you are and we are out of time.

[A]

So you should love it then.

[D]

Right.

[F]

Because you admit that it's going to.

[A]

I'm just going through your line of. No, but you should like it. I mean, the taxpayers made billions of dollars on that.

[F]

So. Is an absolute lie. His investment level, what is he at? 19 trillion or whatever that's coming into the coffers. They're paying more out than they're taking in because of their illegal tariffs.

[A]

Anyway, intel or the rest of the country talking about, well, you're the investment the United States government made in intel made a lot of money for the taxpayer.

[F]

Yeah, the American taxpayer feels like they're getting a lot out of this administration. Over 70%. Says he's not paying attention to just rambling.

[A]

I'm talking about we made a lot of money on that investment.

[E]

We guys seven minutes over and we'll

[A]

probably get out and then pay down the debt.

[E]

Stick with us because coming up next, we got this horrifying historical comparison made in USA Today, a columnist seems to invoke the lynching of Emmett Till in a column about WNBA star Caitlin Clark. We're gonna get.

[C]

So it's the most awful sport. Please be quiet. Sports take in recent memory. USA Today sports columnist Nancy armour, invoking the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till, accusing Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark of exaggerating fouls that somehow fuels her white nationalist fan base. Armour writing it shouldn't need reminding. This country has an awful history of black people being harmed, even killed, in the name of defending white women. The irony of the WNBA's All Star Game is that it's happening this weekend in Chicago, the hometown of Emmett Till. After the backlash, Armour running to her liberal safe space on Blue sky, whatever that is. Saying her comment was inartful and lacking context. So what was the media's newly declared white nationalist up to today? Well, she was holding court with Barack Obama.

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Don't let all this nonsense get you down. You know, I always say one of the things that was luckiest for me was I didn't get famous till I was like 45. So I was an old man. I mean, you're my daughter's age not to have that much, you know, version nonsense. So don't lose that joy. The game's like the game and you're

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a Hooper and I try sometimes.

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No, you always Hooper and you're on

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a nice little run right now.

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So, Greg, the Democrat Party claims to care about black history, and yet they're comparing what happened to Emmett Till to what's going on in the WNBA today.

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This, it's, it's really about this so called sports writer. If she's a sports writer, I play center for the Knicks. She thought she was being so enlightened. I'm a white older progressive and I'm an ally. I'm an ally to those blacks whom she looks like she treats as pets. I'm gonna just be so nice to them. And she cites this offensively, cites this historical crime and tragedy. She's essentially exploiting the civil rights movement. She is not an enlightened intellect. She's a stupid white broad who insulted every black person who knows the story. But I mean, comparing Caitlin Clark's fouls to a guy who was beaten, shot and killed after being accused of offending a white lady, it is repulsive. But maybe that's the point. This woman is a glutton for attention. She slams athletes for not taking explicit political stances. Now, mind you, she's a political hack. She's not a sports writer. That would be fine if she didn't disguise herself as one, but she never writes about sports. She slammed the World cup because America is what? Greedy and hateful?

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That's not a.

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That's not a sports story. She slammed Sam Ponder for defending women and girls. Sports against guys. She called that bigotry. You know, she said it was discriminating against guys in bikini bottoms. This is not sports. This is. Her wheelhouse is to inflame. She does a great job. She's like a big hemorrhoid.

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So, Jessica, I think it's kind of fitting that all this is happening at the Obama Presidential library, because back in 2008, Barack Obama promised us a post racial America. Is this what post racial America looks like?

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I hope not. And no, I don't think we'll ever have.

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Is that a condemnation of Barack Obama's president?

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We did have one.

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Oh, we. We did not.

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Martin Luther King. What was his speech?

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He had a dream. Yes, we're working on it.

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The only people that are keeping that dream from happening is us.

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Yes, we're terrible. Anyway. Yes, this woman covers the intersection of sports and social issues. I obviously missed the mark here. I know that there are calls for her to be fired. I don't know if that's what USA Today will do, but it does. Then doing something this ridiculous then cheapens any real discussion of racial tensions in the league. Like when Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese came in at the same time. And there were some interesting conversations around racial dynamics then, but obviously this is bad.

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So, Jesse, does any of this make you want to watch ladies basketball?

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Oh, my God. I can't even believe we're covering the wnba. I can't believe we're covering a liberal woman covering the wnba. I can't believe I'm sitting next to a liberal woman talking about a liberal woman covering the wnba. Kaboom. Greg's right. The woman is not a sports journalist. She's just annoying. And the paper puts her in the sports section to annoy men. And, yeah, we're annoyed, okay? It's like insulting the audience.

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It's like nobody reads USA Today.

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The 8 o' clock on Fox News, this is USA Way is the paper you get delivered to the outside of your door when you're coming out of a double trade and you're on the road in Phoenix. Okay? It's not a real paper. This is not a real journalist. You know what she wrote after George Floyd died? We should cancel sports. Cancel. Just cancel sports. No cheerleaders in the NFL. Tom Brady is problematic because he was friends with Trump. Colin Kaepernick's the man. Megan Rapinoe is Jesus.

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She did not write that.

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I made that up. She's already mad at the Olympics because Trump's gonna be president. How about this? Iran is awesome at the World Cup. Trump sucks at the World Cup. America sucks at the World Cup. We suck. White people suck. Men suck. That's your job. I could do that job.

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Gillian, clean up everything that the two Jessies just said.

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I mean, like, I kind of hate that we're talking about it too, to be fair. But we have to, cuz it's the topic of the day, you know, like on social media, it's lighting everybody up. But it is just beyond. I mean, it's not only asinine, but it's also offensive.

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You know she tried to apologize.

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Yeah, she apologized.

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The apology doubles down on it. It's like she goes, I was in artful, but I meant it. It's, it's.

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She's also.

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I looked like you're afraid to have this serious conversation.

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I also looked before we came on air and the whole article remains as is. So she might be sorry, but USA Today's not sorry. They've left this drivel.

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It's the only time they get eyeballs.

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I guess that's to your point that this.

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I thought the whole point of having

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her job is to inflame. And she's very good at her job.

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Yeah, I thought the whole point of having a newspaper over the Internet is you had editors. And apparently this one doesn't. Or this one wanted to see her really embarrass herself. All right, the Fastest is up next.

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Yeah.

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All around the world.

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Welcome back. The long overdue death of the stick shift might be upon us. As the Washington Post points out, driving a manual vehicle is a lost art. Hopes of a revival have fallen flat with the rise of EVs and autonomous vehicles. Only a few diehards are holding on. I am a die hard stick shift driver. I think it's fantastic. And it means other people can't borrow your car. Which is how no one could take my car in college.

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That's the problem. If you have a pickup truck that is stick shift, you have to help all your friends move. That's the problem. Because they can't drive it.

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I always have stick shifts for smaller cars.

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Yeah, but if you have one in a pickup truck.

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Okay. Is anyone else have a.

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Well, I mean, to me it's just another great thing lost in the softening of our culture. Throw it in the big basket with the. With lawn darts and ddt. Obscene phone calls. Can't do those anymore, right? Doorbell ditch. Nobody does that. You used to be able to ride your bike around the neighborhood without your helmet. Now you wear a helmet under your helmet. It's crazy, but I'm kind of with you that I don't know how to drive a stick, which limits the. The amount of exotic expensive cars I can purchase.

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Yeah, I know what you mean.

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Limits your driving in Western Europe.

[D]

Really?

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Which I Probably upsetting for you.

[D]

Yeah, that's been weighing on my mind.

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Do you still get candy cigarettes?

[D]

I don't think so. Those were great, huh?

[F]

That got me on novelty stores. Jesse, would you like to talk about when you are emasculated?

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No, but I'm emasculated now because you can and I can't.

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I can.

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I don't know how. I was never trained. I blame my father.

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My mom taught me how.

[A]

Oh, God, that's even worse.

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What?

[F]

Okay, Jillian, I don't.

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It's kind of. I feel like this. It's in a little bit obe. Because like the neck. We're talking about self OB overcome by events. You never heard of that?

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You think people know what that means?

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Yeah.

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You threw OBE out there. Like it was like an FYI.

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Isn't it? It's not.

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No.

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I never heard of it. I know who Obi Wan Kenobi is.

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An order of the British Empire. Anyway, it's like we're.

[D]

I thought that was something you got at a pharmacy.

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I feel like I know what OBM is. The debate, which is open by mistake.

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I know what OPP like Down with opp.

[E]

Maybe it's like a corporate thing.

[F]

No, OB is the British Empire when the Queen gives it to you.

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Wait, but now the. The conversation is about self driving cars,

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not stick, which would be great for the elderly. I'm excited about that. Fan mail Friday is up next.

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To you.

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Let's make it new.

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Fan mail Friday.

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First question. What is the best advice your significant other? Why don't we just say spouse has given you.

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Charlie, I think you need to rest your voice.

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That's good.

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That's good.

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And I hear it every day.

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Jessica.

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He said, you might think that you can bully the girls, but you can't bully me. I don't know if that's advice or just the best thing he's ever said to me. I really took it to heart.

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Wow. Jesse.

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Emma told me that I needed to love myself.

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Like that was doubt.

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Like I was beating myself up over something. I forget what it was. And she goes, just love yourself. And it really hit me.

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Oh, my God. That's the worst advice you could ever give Jesse.

[A]

It was really good, Jillian.

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The best advice that he's ever given me. I don't know if it's advice, but my husband is always Saying, because I think I'm like a huge introvert. I'm not big on, like, socializing or talking to people. And he's like, you take a long

[D]

time to answer questions.

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I take a really long time to answer questions. And he's always like, but once you talk to people, then they really love you.

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And he always says that to me,

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which is really nice. I think it's a lie, though. But that's fine.

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No, it's true.

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It makes me feel good.

[D]

Makes you feel good? My wife gives. The only thing she cares about in my life is how I'm dressed. And she told me, do not wear this shirt. This is a stupid shirt. I don't know why you're wearing this to work. And I go, I like it. She goes, no, it's. It's not a good shirt. But you do.

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You.

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That's what she said. What's the worst concert you ever got dragged to, Jesse?

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Deep Purple. What walked out.

[D]

Deep Purple's amazing.

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We were the youngest people by like a three decades.

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How long ago was it?

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I was like 18. Everybody was 50.

[D]

I would have given anything to see

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we had front row seats.

[D]

Oh, my God. Richie Blackmore. Oh, what about you, Jessica?

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I don't go to that much live music, but I don't. I like going to see the Dead. I don't like going to Fish, which I know is weird because usually those are the same people.

[B]

Interesting.

[D]

Julian.

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I feel bad saying this because, like, they're a good band, but the first concert I ever went to was Aerosmith, and it was terrible.

[D]

Yeah, they were bomb.

[E]

It was like during their bad period. I don't know what it was. Maybe it was like 1995 or something like that.

[D]

When a band is high, it could be either hilarious or awful.

[C]

Chuck Berry in the late 80s, he got so wasted that when he showed up, he couldn't play.

[E]

Really?

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Where was that at?

[C]

In D.C. wow.

[D]

I'm gonna go with the World Cup. Halftime. Oh, that was the worst ever.

[A]

Oh, Bieber.

[D]

Bieber. Bieber brought everybody down. It's not our fault you're miserable.

[F]

Shakira was so good, though.

[D]

That was Shakira. I had no idea. Why did she call me if she was in town? One More Thing's up next.

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Take this bottle.

[F]

Bad things.

[A]

I did not hear that, jessica. Okay, it's time now for one more thing. Greg.

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All right. Tonight. Oh, this is an amazing show. Tom shalou, jamie lissow, sherrod small, dagan mcdowell. Amazing. Let's do this. Yeah. Take a look.

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At this.

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I don't know if you know this, but Adrien Brody is starring in a new Broadway play. Here he is being ushered out by his handlers.

[C]

He's here.

[D]

He is having dinner at Le Cirque. He's fed by hand. Ah, now he's out. He's very shy around the public. Kind of looks like a. A hairless baby aardvark, doesn't he?

[E]

It looks like Stitch from Lilo and Stitch.

[D]

Oh, yeah, I guess so.

[A]

Another reference. No one knows. Everyone.

[C]

Can you just tell us what that is?

[D]

You have a baby. It's a hairless baby aardvark.

[A]

I want to see a sexy hairless baby aardvark.

[D]

Wait, wait. Next week.

[A]

I cannot wait. All right, big sports news. LeBron James coming to Philly. That's right. I used to hate him. Now I Love him. Huge LeBron fan. Now you're looking at him. Two year deal. Eight million bucks. We're going all the way. Sorry, Jessica.

[D]

Your next eight million a year.

[A]

Two year, $8 million deal.

[D]

Oh, wait, that can't be right. That can't be right.

[A]

Is Charlie getting paid more than LeBron? Jesse, what is primetime? Tonight, we'll have the President speaking at the White House. Correspondent Jessica.

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I have a thing about a black bear, but I want to say this thing about LeBron because I wanted that for my OMT. The coolest part is that Governor Shapiro made the hard sell some out at dinner, went over to his table and pitched him on Philly. And apparently it was very compelling.

[A]

You think Josh Shapiro was the one that brought LeBron to the stage?

[F]

He's doing it for only $8 million. Why couldn't it be Josh?

[A]

Okay, okay, let's give it to Shapiro.

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And you get mad when we blame the Jews for everything

[A]

that time. I don't mind blaming the Jews. Way to go. Is that your one more thing?

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Yeah.

[A]

Oh, awesome, Charlie.

[C]

Okay. A small Minnesota town just proved that holiday spirit has no height limit. The town of La Verne, Minnesota has officially unveiled Verne the Patriot. A towering Uncle Sam inspired nutcracker. Gre.

[D]

It doesn't look like Hillary at all.

[C]

The Guinness Book world record for the tallest nutcracker in the world at 66ft tall.

[E]

Wait, this one was my reject. I can't believe you went for it.

[C]

Wow. If I had a dime for every

[A]

time I get gave it up. He's doing the best he can. Come on, Jillian.

[E]

I said no, thank you. And then they gave it to you.

[A]

Oh, man. How many times does that happen? Charlie? All right, Go ahead.

[E]

I don't have enough time. We have, like, 10 seconds.

[A]

You're gonna complain.

[E]

All right, take a look at this. A scene from a superhero movie. This guy in a super sp. Spider man costume runs across the street, helps the guy with. In the wheelchair get across the interstate.

[A]

You should have chosen Nutcracker.

[E]

No, this one was.

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